The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-25
MARVELLOUS GROWTH.
The Industrial and Commercial Progress
Of the Different Portions Of Our COun-

Tho Industrial and Commercial Progress
Of the Different Portions Of Our Coun-
try.
In general way Americans under
stand that their country is making mar
velous progress in population and
wealth. But they will never quite real
, ize the full force of the facts until the
census of 1890 is taken. 1t will then
be found that in no previous decade
has there been any such progress as
between 1880 end 1890. The thi ee Sec
tons Of the country which will show
the most remarkable developments are
the South, the West and Pacific coast.
As to the Southern States, the change
there is not SO much in the additions to
the population as in its material devsl.
Opment; in other words, the enchant-
ment of its wealth, present and pros
pective. In The olden times, cotton
raising was the main source of income.
II now represents only One-third of the
money-producing industries of that
section. The heneficient change has
been brought about by manufacturing
enterprises and the consequent DIVERSE
fication of employments. Instead Of
employing themselves in raising cot
ton alone, and getting their tools, cloth
ing and even their food from the
North, they now manufacture for them
selves and raise their own corn and
pork. 1t is the products of coal and
iron which have enriched modern ma
tons, and it's the working of these
two minerals which is changing the
whole face Of Southern society. What
may be termed the middle zone of the
South, extending from Norfolk due
west to Northern Mississippi. with a
width of say four hundred miles, will
he found 4 region in which is some of
the finest coal and iron in the world.
The mines are being worked for all
they are worth. and hence there is u
prodigious development in Southern in
dustries.
But while the South, West and Pa
cific coast are exceptionally prosperous.
the Middle and Eastern States can not
complain. The increase in our urban
population is very large. All the East
ern cities are growing. though probably
not in Us great a ratio as the centers of
population in the West. Cincinnati.
ST. Louis, Baltimore. Philadelphia and
Boston are well pleased, for the past
year has seen more buildinu and a
larger increase in population than in
any previous twelve months of their
history. New York, too, is fast bccom-
ing real metropolis. 1t has added
$4,000 to its population in twelve
month, and its expenditures for new
cdiiiccs aggregate nearly $7O.OOO.OOO
against about $i5. 900, COO for the pre-
vious year. In the ancient world, it
was said that every road constructed
led to Rome; in modern America, every
railway, although brought into being
to serve local wants. yet somehow ter
inmates on New York Bay. Around
that magnificent harbor there are to-
day some $3.50, 900 inhabitants. and be-
fore another century passes away the
American metropolis will leave the
5000. 900 inhabitants of London far in
the rear. Surveying the whole field.
no American can help feeling proud at
the magnificent condition and the pros
porous prospects of the land Of his
birth.-Demorest' Monthly.